Make Your Own Healthy Mandarin Orange Cream Popsicles

With two young kids, I love finding and making healthy snack foods because it seems like they are always hungry! Fresh fruit is always an easy go to snack and we all love Wonderful Halos because not only are they easy for the kids to serve and peel themselves, but they are so sweet and juicy. I love having a bowl of them on our kitchen table that the kids can grab whenever they are hungry. As a special treat, I will even turn a few into mandarin cream popsicles with granola. My kids love them because they think they are getting a special naturally sweet treat (especially when I let them eat them for breakfast), and I love them because they are a simple and healthy snack. We’ve teamed up with Wonderful Halos mandarins to share the recipe for these mandarin orange cream popsicles that are good for breakfast, snacks, or as a slightly sweet after dinner treat.

Begin by peeling your mandarins, then puree in a blender or food processor. Next, add a spoonful of pureed mandarins into each popsicle mold and then add a spoonful of vanilla yogurt. Continue layering the two until there is a 1/2″ gap at the top of the mold. Fill this gap with granola, pressing it down into the yogurt. Then add your popsicle stick and freeze for 4 hours or until solid. Run the mold under hot water to unmold the popsicles to serve.

I kept my layers fairly separate because I love the contrast of the citrus and the creamy vanilla yogurt, but you could always mix the pureed mandarin oranges and yogurt for a more well blended popsicle.

The best part is that while kids are sure to love them, they make a great grown-up snack, too. I may have been caught eating one or two after taking these photos! The contrast of the bright and juicy Wonderful Halos mandarins with the creamy yogurt is the perfect combo. And once you add in that crunchy granola, it’s like a smoothie bowl in frozen popsicle form! Yum! xo. Kara

Mandarin Orange Cream Popsicles

Servings10people

Ingredients

7peeled Wonderful Halos Mandarins

16ouncesvanilla greek yogurt

Granola piecesoptional

Popsicle mold and popsicle sticks

Instructions

Begin by peeling your mandarins, then puree in a blender or food processor. Next, add a spoonful of pureed mandarins into each popsicle mold and then add a spoonful of vanilla yogurt. Continue layering the two until there is a 1/2″ gap at the top of the mold. Fill this gap with granola, pressing it down into the yogurt. Then add your popsicle stick and freeze for 4 hours or until solid. Run the mold under hot water to unmold the popsicles to serve.

Recipe Notes

I kept my layers fairly separate because I love the contrast of the citrus and the creamy vanilla yogurt, but you could always mix the pureed mandarin oranges and yogurt for a more well blended popsicle.

20 Comments

I used to make (unhealthy) orange popsicles when I was younger by freezing orange juice. Citrus fruits are my favourite (with oranges at the top), so I’m definitely making these popsicles! Can’t wait for summer now! 😀

Great reciepe also looks healtier thanks to yogurt. At here we call this turkish yogurt. Anyway it doesn’t matter and maenwhile you can prepare your own yogurt at home. Much much better than sweetened and processed ones sold at super market departments. I highly recomment preparing your own yogurt. As a european i wonder where can i find those popsicle mold(s) bu i’ll definetely try for this summer. Thanks for great idea.